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CBA questioned over carbon emissions calculations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... emissions to tenants, a move that one financial expert questioned. When Commonwealth Bank recently released its 2013 sustainability report, it included the announcement that the bank had achieved and exceeded a goal set in 2008 to reduce carbon emissions ...

Companies face uncertainty from timing of carbon tax repeal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Australian Labor Party and the Australian Greens have said they will not support the repeal. Legal experts told The Sustainability Report that if the legislation repealing the CPM is not passed before 1 July 2014, liable entities face uncertainty because ...

Northern Trust: investor call for ESG data in private equity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Trust. Finlayson is in Australia to meet with clients and potential asset servicing clients and spoke with The Sustainability Report on the increased transparency demands surrounding alternative investments, particularly private equity analysis. He said ...

VicSuper, bankmecu, Pacific Hydro join Future Economy Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... partnership, The Future Economy Group, which will advocate for policies that combine economic and environmental sustainability in the state of Victoria. Environment Victoria and Sustainable Business Australia (SBA) developed The Future Economy Group ...

GRI names Christianna Wood chairman of board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... is an incredibly important time for investors to be heard as a growing number of companies look to integrate GRI sustainability reporting standards into integrated reporting," Wood said in a statement. "With over three quarters of the 4000 largest companies ...

LGS invests in US$250 million EBRD green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... issued last month. LGS invested $1 million, and was one of 14 investors to participate in the offer, LGS told The Sustainability Report. The bond will fund environmentally sustainable projects in the areas of as energy efficiency, clean energy, water ...

Westpac, CBA raise $10 million for Benevolent Society SBB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... you have to have a control group," Sandy Blackburn-Wright, the then-head of social innovation at Westpac told The Sustainability Report in June, when The Benevolent Society SBB was launched. "From a social work perspective, it's tricky to withhold care ...

66% of BM&FBOVESPA companies publish sustainability data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Approximately two-thirds of all companies listed on the Sao Paulo stock exchange published a sustainability report, an increase from 203 to 293 companies between May 2012 and June 2013, according to the Global Reporting Initiative. The BM&FBOVESPA has ...

Sedex notes increasing demand for ethical procurement data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... questionnaires and there was time loss." Smith was recently in Australia and presented on managing supply chain sustainability risk with Net Balance as well as meeting with Australian businesses to discuss their database. Sedex's Australian clients include ...

PRI launches new reporting framework for signatories

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... "Calls for the global investment community to be more transparent about how it is responding to the governance and sustainability challenges that define our era have grown louder since the financial crisis," said Wolfgang Engshuber, chair of the PRI ...